Network partner knowledge and internal relationships influencing customer relationship quality and company performance

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 486-496

  Mitrega, Maciej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS IN KATOWICE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Business to business marketing; Channel relationships; Company performance; Customer relationship quality; Internal relationships; Marketing; Network partner knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864469380     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858621211251488     Document Type: Article

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